Plant Cells
Animal Cells
Cells
Microscopes
Species of the Week
100

This rigid outer layer gives plant cells their shape and support


Cell Wall

100

Instead of cell walls, animal cells are surrounded by this flexible layer.


Cell Membrane

100

All living things are made up of these basic building blocks

Cells

100

What is this part called:


Eyepiece

100

This Species of the Week camouflages using chromatophores, tiny pores that change color.

Squid


200

Plant cells have a large one of these to store water.



Vacuole

200

These small organelles help animal cells break down food and waste.

They clean the cell.



Lysosomes

200

This jelly-like substance fills the inside of the cell and holds organelles in place

Cytoplasm

200

What is this part called?


Light

200

This Species of the Week can be found everywhere! 

From the deepest parts of the ocean, to volcanoes, to forests!

What am I?

Tardigrade

300

This organelle is found only in plant cells and uses sunlight to make sugar.

Chloroplasts!

300

Animal cells have vacuoles, but they are different from plant cells because of this reason.



They are smaller 

There are a lot more

300

This is the name for small parts inside cells that each have a special job

Organelles

300

These are called objective lenses.

What are the 3 different magnifications used?


4 X

10 X

40 X

300

This Species of the Week can glow under UV light! It has a beaver tail, a duck face, and the body of an otter.

What am I?

Duckbill Platypus

400

Plants use the sunlight to make food. What is this process called?

Photosynthesis

400

These tiny structures create fibers to help in cell division



Centrioles


400

Mitochondria are known as the ________________ of the cell.

Powerhouse

400

This part has 2 specific knobs. What are their names?


Coarse focus

Fine Focus

400

This Species of the Week is an aquatic animal that spends 50% of its time grazing and 50% of its time resting.

What am I?

Manatee

500

What is the green pigment called that gives plants their green color?



Chlorophyll

500

This organelle is where DNA is stored.


Nucleus

500

If a cell was a shopping mall, this organelle would be the security guard.

What am I?

Cell Membrane

500

If you are looking at a specimen through the 40X lens, what is actually the magnification you are looking at it?


400X

Eyepiece = 10 X

Objective lens = 40 X

500

A Monotreme is....

A Mammal that lays eggs!